French citizens are set to vote in the first round of a snap election called by President Emanuel Macron. The radical right is expected to make historic gains.

The Secretary of State will meet with the Prime Minister, Defense Minister, President, and departing ministers Gantz and Eizenkot.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is in the lead as Mexicans head to the polls today to elect their new president.

Ireland said it would also be sending an official ambassador to Ramallah, while "clearly" recognizing Israel's right to exist.

According to Sanchez's statement, his country recognizes a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 borders whose capital is East Jerusalem, and which includes the Gaza Strip.

The Colombian government has announced that it has decided to open a new embassy in Ramallah after cutting off diplomatic relations with Israel due to the war in Gaza.

The White House reacted to the decision of Spain, Ireland and Norway to recognize a Palestinian state with the spokesman for the National Security Council saying that President Biden, "believes that the issue should only be resolved through negotiations, and not by a unilateral decision."

A meteorite lit up the skies of Spain and Portugal with thousands of stunned residents sharing footage on social media. Emergency teams began searching for a crash site, but none has been found so far.

Discussions will now be held to decide who will serve as Prime Minister after Wilders gave up the position to allow the formation of a coalition.

The first debate between former US President Donald Trump and current President Biden will take place on June 27 on the CNN network. 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot on his way to a press conference and rushed to the hospital after being wounded in the stomach. 

Turkish President Erdogan revealed that over 1,000 Hamas operatives are being treated in hospitals in his country, and claimed that he "does not see Hamas as a terrorist organization, but as a resistance movement of people fighting to defend their land."

Against the backdrop of the crisis surrounding the American threats to Israel, Kirby clarified that, "Biden was clear that we do not support a ground operation in Rafah  but the argument that we are distancing ourselves from Israel does not align with the facts."

Former US President Trump once again attacked Biden: "What he is doing to Israel is a shame. Any Jew who still votes for him should be ashamed of himself. He completely abandoned Israel."

Vladimir Putin was sworn in for his fifth term in office, after winning the elections held last March with 87 percent of the vote. Most Western countries boycotted the ceremony in Moscow due to the war in Ukraine.

American National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that the US will not agree to a defense alliance with Saudi Arabia without Riyadh signing normalization with Israel: "one part cannot be separated from the other."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed to promote significant and operative decisions in response to the unilateral move: "The Israeli economy is stronger than a dictator like Erdogan."

It was reported on the Bloomberg network that the Saudi government has increased  efforts to arrest citizens who published anti-Israeli posts online.

Turkey's Foreign Minister announced his country would join the suit against Israel in the Hague, lauding the protests on American campuses as proof of the correctness of their position.